Ken Van Hoeylandt 86010186d8
Improve Terminal, App List, app starting, and more (#658)
app-module:

- Implement `AppStartContext` to reduce amount of `app_start_` and `app_exec` functions: replace them with `app_start_with_context()`
- Add support for environment variables when starting apps
- Implement support for environment variables for apps

graphics-module:

- Add this new module
- Move font-module code into this module
- Implement pixel_buffer

apps:

- Terminal app: reduce memory usage by only buffering a single row of characters, and try to buffer in IRAM when possible. Implement new pixel_buffer.
- App List: Mark apps as favourite to pin them on top. Use touch or press "x" key.
- App List: Add toolbar button that shows alert dialog with info about using favourites
2026-09-24 00:44:28 +02:00

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// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
#pragma once
#include <app/manager.h>
/**
* This file contains functions to start and run apps.
* When an AppManifest is provided, it can start apps that were registered with the app manager.
* It can also start app binaries directly.
*
* Steps:
* - Create an AppStartContext by using one of the helper functions:
* - app_start_context_for_manifest() for manager-registered apps
* - app_start_context_for_location() for plain binaries
* - Optionally modify AppStartContext with with one of the helper functions. (e.g. to add parameters)
* - Call app_start_with_context() to start the execution.
*/
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif
/**
* Identifies what app_manager_start_internal() should launch and how.
* Construct via app_start_context_from_manifest()/app_start_context_from_location()
* @warning Fields are for internal use only. Do not read or write them directly.
*/
struct AppStartContext {
const struct AppManifest* manifest;
struct AppLocation location;
struct AppStackConfig stack;
int argc;
const char* const* argv;
const struct AppStreamBinding* bindings;
size_t binding_count;
AppInstanceId parent_id;
/** NULL-terminated array of "KEY=VALUE" strings, like POSIX environ. */
char* const* environment;
};
/** Builds a context for starting a manifest already registered via app_manager_add(). */
struct AppStartContext app_start_context_for_manifest(const struct AppManifest* manifest);
/** Builds a context for starting @a location directly, with no registered manifest.
* Stack defaults to zeroed (the scheduler's default). */
struct AppStartContext app_start_context_for_location(struct AppLocation location);
/**
* Looks up @a id in the manifest registry and builds a context for it (see
* app_start_context_from_manifest()).
* @retval ERROR_NOT_FOUND no manifest with this id is registered
* @retval ERROR_NONE on success
*/
error_t app_start_context_from_id(const char* id, struct AppStartContext* out_context);
/** Overrides the task's stack allocation config (defaults to the manifest's own, or zeroed/
* scheduler-default for a location-based context). See AppStackConfig. */
void app_start_context_set_stack(struct AppStartContext* context, struct AppStackConfig stack);
/** @param[in] argv @a argc strings, borrowed only until app_manager_start_internal() returns. It makes its own deep copy. */
void app_start_context_set_arguments_ext(struct AppStartContext* context, int argc, const char* const argv[]);
/** @param[in] arguments null-terminated string array, borrowed only until app_manager_start_internal() returns. It makes its own deep copy. */
void app_start_context_set_arguments(struct AppStartContext* context, const char* const arguments[]);
/** @param[in] bindings @a binding_count entries; see app_start_with_streams() for ownership. */
void app_start_context_set_streams(struct AppStartContext* context, const struct AppStreamBinding* bindings, size_t binding_count);
/** See app_start_for_result() for the parent/result-delivery contract. */
void app_start_context_set_parent(struct AppStartContext* context, AppInstanceId parent_id);
/** @param[in] environment NULL-terminated array of "KEY=VALUE" strings, borrowed only until
* app_start_with_context() returns. */
void app_start_context_set_environment(struct AppStartContext* context, char* const environment[]);
/**
* Starts an app from @a context, built via app_start_context_for_manifest()/
* app_start_context_for_location()/app_start_context_from_id() and app_start_context_set_*().
* Replaces app_start()/app_start_for_result()/app_start_with_streams()/
* app_start_for_result_with_streams().
* @retval ERROR_NOT_FOUND no AppLoaderApi is registered for @a context->location.type
* @retval ERROR_OUT_OF_RANGE a binding's producer_fd is out of range
* @retval ERROR_RESOURCE a binding's event_group has no free bits left to claim
* @retval ERROR_NONE on success
*/
error_t app_start_with_context(struct AppStartContext* context, AppInstanceId* out_app_instance_id);
/**
* Starts @a id, a manifest already registered via app_manager_add(), passing @a argc/@a argv to
* the new instance's own main function (see app/loader.h's AppMainFn), modelled on a C program's
* main(argc, argv). For regular (non-modal) navigations that need to pass data to the target app
* (e.g. "show details for this app id") without expecting a result back.
* @param[in] argv @a argc strings; app-module makes its own deep copy before returning, so
* @a argv and the strings it points to may be freed/go out of scope immediately after this call
* returns (e.g. safe to pass a stack-local array of a caller's own std::string::c_str()s).
* @retval ERROR_NOT_FOUND no manifest with this id is registered, or no AppLoaderApi is registered
* @retval ERROR_NONE on success
*/
[[deprecated("Use app_start_with_context()")]]
error_t app_start(const char* id, int argc, const char* const argv[], AppInstanceId* out_app_instance_id);
/**
* Starts @a id as a child of @a parent_instance_id, for the purpose of receiving a result.
*
* When the child's task exits, an APP_EVENT_RESULT is delivered to @a parent_instance_id.
* The result is whatever the child's AppMainFn/AppLoaderApi::run() returned, unless
* @a parent_instance_id is 0, in which case no result is delivered (fire-and-forget, for
* callers with no app_instance_id of their own). The parent is then responsible for calling
* app_manager_stop() on the child's instance id to fully reap it.
*
* @param[in] argv @a argc strings; app-module makes its own deep copy before returning (same as
* app_start()), so @a argv and the strings it points to may be
* freed/go out of scope immediately after this call returns.
* @retval ERROR_NOT_FOUND no manifest with this id is registered, or no AppLoaderApi is registered
* @retval ERROR_NONE on success
*/
[[deprecated("Use app_start_with_context()")]]
error_t app_start_for_result(const char* id, int argc, const char* const argv[], AppInstanceId parent_instance_id, AppInstanceId* out_app_instance_id);
/**
* Same as app_start(), but installs @a bindings into the new instance's fd table before
* its task begins executing (e.g. a child's stdio, piped through parent-owned AppStreams; see
* app/stream.h). Writes the new instance's id into each bound stream's producer_id itself, since
* the caller cannot know it in advance.
* @param[in] bindings @a binding_count entries; each stream and buffer must stay alive (see
* app_stream_subscribe()) until unsubscribed or the child exits.
* @retval ERROR_NOT_FOUND no manifest with this id is registered, or no AppLoaderApi is registered
* @retval ERROR_OUT_OF_RANGE a binding's producer_fd is out of range
* @retval ERROR_RESOURCE a binding's event_group has no free bits left to claim
* @retval ERROR_NONE on success
*/
[[deprecated("Use app_start_with_context()")]]
error_t app_start_with_streams(const char* id, const struct AppStreamBinding* bindings, size_t binding_count, AppInstanceId* out_app_instance_id);
/**
* Combines app_start_for_result() and app_start_with_streams(): starts @a id as
* a modal child of @a parent_instance_id (see app_start_for_result()'s own doc for the
* result-delivery contract) with @a bindings installed into its fd table before its task begins
* executing (see app_start_with_streams()'s own doc for stream ownership).
* For a child that needs to hand back more than an int32_t (e.g. a path) via its own stdout.
* @param[in] argv see app_start_for_result().
* @param[in] bindings see app_start_with_streams().
* @retval ERROR_NOT_FOUND no manifest with this id is registered, or no AppLoaderApi is registered
* @retval ERROR_OUT_OF_RANGE a binding's producer_fd is out of range
* @retval ERROR_RESOURCE a binding's event_group has no free bits left to claim
* @retval ERROR_NONE on success
*/
[[deprecated("Use app_start_with_context()")]]
error_t app_start_for_result_with_streams(const char* id, int argc, const char* const argv[], const struct AppStreamBinding* bindings, size_t binding_count, AppInstanceId parent_instance_id, AppInstanceId* out_app_instance_id);
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif